T20 World Cup qualification is the process national cricket teams go through to qualify for the

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. The qualification process begins about two years prior to the main event, where teams take part in regional events to qualify for the World Cup.

History

For the inaugural edition in

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, the ten full members qualified automatically, while the remaining two teams qualified via the 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One. It was in 2008 that a separate qualifier was held for the T20 World Cup, and until the

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edition the full members of ICC qualified automatically for the tournament. From the 2021 edition, stipulated number of top ranked teams from the previous tournament secured automatic qualification for the next tournament. This format of qualification also opened a window for the associate member nations to secure direct spot based on their previous performance. The regional competitions for teams to qualify for the global qualifiers were introduced in 2012, as each ICC region conducted events in different stages. It was in the

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edition of qualifier, that each region had two stages of qualification process to get into the final qualifying tournament - Sub-regionals and Regional finals. In January 2019, ICC granted full

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(T20Is) status to all its members, therefore all of the qualifier matches from this edition had full T20I status. The 2022 edition of qualifier saw the introduction of a new format, as the final qualifier was held in two different tournaments (Qualifier A and B), the winners and runners-up of each of these tournaments qualified for the World Cup. Owing to

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, the EAP and Asia regional tournaments were cancelled and teams advanced via T20I rankings. After the expansion of World Cup from 16 to 20 teams in 2024, qualification pathway was also changed. The regional tournaments served as the final qualifying stage, as each of the ICC region were allotted fixed number of berths at the World Cup.

Qualification berths by region

From 2007 to 2022, the teams qualified for the main event through a global qualifier as the final qualifying tournament. Hence, the ICC regions did not have a fixed number of berths at the World Cup.

2007-2022

After adopting a new structure for the qualification from the 2024 edition, each of these regions had fixed number of qualification slots at the World Cup. So the regional finals acted as the final qualifying tournament.

2024-present

First appearance in qualification by team

Teams marked in italics had appeared in World Cup previously (either by qualifying via WCL or by having status of full member of ICC).

Team performances

Key: *bold typeface = participated in the final qualifying tournament

References

External links

{{Countries at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup

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